Miles Austin is scheduled for unrestricted free agency after catching 47 passes for 568 yards and two touchdowns in 12 games. Tight end Jordan Cameron also is set to be an unrestricted free agent.

Hawkins, a 5-7, 180-pounder, led the team with 63 grabs for 824 yards, with two touchdowns. Cleveland failed to add a wideout in last year's draft but almost certainly must address the position in the 2015 draft.

Browns WR Miles Austin seeking to extend career

by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com

(12/11/14) Browns wide receiver Miles Austin, who lost the rest of the season to a lacerated kidney, does not plan on retiring and would like to remain with Cleveland in 2015, per the Northeast Ohio Media Group.

Austin caught 47 passes this season - including 34 for first downs - fof 568 yards in 11 games before going down.

Pettine: Kidney issue for Browns WR Austin not career-ending

by Marty Gitlin | CBSSports.com

(12/4/14) Mike Pettine has stated that the kidney problem that landed Browns wide receiver Miles Austin on injured reserve and has knocked him out for the rest of the season is not career threatening, per the Akron Beacon Journal.

Austin had performed well in 2014. He had 47 catches - including 34 for first downs - for 568 yards and two touchdowns.

Still hospitalized, Browns' Miles Austin (kidney) goes on IR

by Larry Hartstein | CBSSports.com

(12/3/14) Browns receiver Miles Austin remains hospitalized in Buffalo with a kidney injury, and on Wednesday the team placed him on injured reserve, reports the team's website. Austin was taken to the hospital following Sunday's loss to the Bills.

The Browns have not elaborated on Austin's injury.

He set season highs with seven catches for 86 yards, then reported feeling abdominal pain afterward. Austin, 30, finishes the year with 47 grabs for 568 yards and two touchdowns.

Browns WR Miles Austin will spend another night in hospital

by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com

(12/1/14) Browns wide receiver Miles Austin is expected to remain in a Buffalo hospital for a second night to be treated for a kidney injury, coach Mike Pettine told reporters Monday, per the Akron Beacon Journal. Austin was taken to the hospital following Sunday's loss to the Bills with the injury. The team would not provide the extent of his injury, nor his status for Week 15 against Indianapolis.

After getting cut by the Cowboys this spring, receiver Miles Austin re-emerged with the Browns in mid-May. He's expected to compete for a starting job following the release of Greg Little and the expected suspension of Josh Gordon. When he's healthy Austin is a good contributor, capable of regularly snaring three-plus passes per game and being an adequate red-zone threat thanks to his size (6-foot-2, 216 pounds). But Austin has dealt with chronic hamstring problems for years, an issue that impacted his receiving average and his availability last season. Fantasy owners looking for a boost from Austin are better off taking a leap of faith with a rookie receiver or a sleeper rather than spending a pick on Austin. If he manages to get hot he should be found on the waiver wire.
(Updated 5/22/14)